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Rice sale to garment workers at Tk 30 per kg will continue: Food Minister

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Rice sale to garment workers at Tk 30 per kg will continue: Food Minister
Food Minister Afroz Khanam Rita has said that the program to sell rice at Tk 30 per kg for garment workers will continue. She said this while talking to journalists after attending the first reunion ceremony of former students of Savar Government College at noon on Saturday (November 14).

In her speech as chief guest at the event, the Food Minister said that at the directives of Prime Minister Tarek Rahman, the program to sell rice at Tk 30 per kg for garment workers has been started so that workers can get rice at affordable prices. Referring to farmers, she also said that the government is working to ensure a fair price for the rice produced by farmers, and farmers are currently getting fair prices for their rice. In addition, she said that the government is making strong efforts to build a second Padma Bridge to develop the country's communication system and make travel easier for ordinary people, and there is a plan to include a railway communication system on this bridge.

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 Earlier, at the Savar Government College premises, the Food Minister officially inaugurated the first reunion festival of former students by flying balloons and pigeons. Minister of State for Cultural Affairs Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam and local Member of Parliament Dr. Dewan Mohammad Salauddin Babu, along with teachers, students and local dignitaries, were present as special guests at the inauguration ceremony.

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